diff --git a/devscripts/i18n.py b/devscripts/i18n.py
index 229cbd8b9..3f72baeb7 100644
--- a/devscripts/i18n.py
+++ b/devscripts/i18n.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import errno
 import glob
 import os